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Another bill drafted by the Republicans in Florida is highly criticized for being fascist and anti-trans.

They would review it, we also saw president obama put out a statement in advance of the bill saying he hoped that president his latest article is called

Even though these american activists were trying desperately to distance themselves from the kill the gays bill when it came out, prominent ugandans aware of how the bill came to be were crediting the same americans for helping with and inspiring the legislation. one priest we spoke with said members of the ugandan parliament present at the march conference left the meetings saying they needed to draft a new law to deal with the homosexuality issue. we learned it was not just the three american ...

Military that hagel is talking about at the current level is a good start, but its only a start. that we can go a lot further and still be very safe. >> former democratic congressman of massachusetts, barney frank. thank you for your time tonight. its great to see you. if youre a longtime watcher of our show, thank you. also, you may remember a story we covered a lot which we called the kill the maze bill. the surprising thing is it was american activists behind that bill from the start. that ...

>> wow. when you say that the u.s. is definitely not going to take away that foreign aid money, even though the government put out a statement today saying they would review it, we also saw president obama review it, we also saw president obama put out a statement in advance of the bill saying he hoped the president wouldnt sign it, but obviously he did. what do you make about the statements of objection and the pressure from the u.s. government sneer. >> a lot of human rights organizations are ...

Theres some suspense in the state of arizona right now. as some republicans appear to have being second thoughts about whether or not arizona wants to be the first state in the country with the law in the books that tells businesses it is okay to declare yourself a straight people only establishment. not only in terms of who you hire, but whom you serve at your business. the arizona legislature on thursday passed a bill that would allow any arizona business basically to say they only serve strai...

Still be very safe. >> former democratic congressman of massachusetts, barney frank. thank you for your time tonight. its great to see you. if youre a longtime watcher of our show, thank you. also, you may remember a story we covered a lot which we called the kill the maze bill. the surprising thing is it was american activists behind that bill from the start. that story has just become a very big deal including the president weighing in on it. its still a story that is very much about the ame...

In it. hes a fellow at the nice institute. his latest article "inside the iron closet" about underground homosexuality in russia, in the february edition of "gq." jeff, mr. charlotte, its great to see you. >> good to be with you, rachel. >> last month the president in uganda was calling this bill fascist. now hes signing it into law. what happened? >> it was an incredible act of sort of political jujitsu. he had been cornered by political rival who knew it was difficult for him to sign the bill ...

That doesnt include the sentence of death for being gay this time but does include lots of the other prison sentences that attracted so much international outrage years earlier. the ugandan parliament passed this bill in december and then earlier today, earlier this afternoon, you ugandas president signed the bill into law, calls for lifetime imprisonment for the crime of -- for being in a same-sex marriage, seven years in prison for attempting to commit homosexuality. this bill at various times...

We dont want anybody to interfere in our internal affairs. finished. >> that was the president of uganda earlier today signing into law an updated version of that countrys kill the gays bill. this version does not call for homosexuality to be punishable by death but rather by lifetime imprisonment. so thats a nice improvement. after ugandas president signed that bill into law today, the u.s. government plans to review our nations relationship with uganda including a review of foreign aid to that...